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WINNIPEG — Matt Nichols ran in one touchdown and threw for another as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers won their fourth straight game and handed the Edmonton Eskimos their first loss of the season with a 33-26 victory Thursday. Nichols threw a...

TORONTO — Cool Catomine will make his turf debut from the far outside in the $400,000 Breeders' Stakes. The Prince of Wales Stakes winner drew the No. 10 post Thursday for the 1 1/2-mile race. The final jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown...

SOUTH WILLAMSPORT, Pa. — Chase Marshall had a pair of home runs and five RBIs as Canada opened the 71st edition of the Little League World Series with a 12-2 rout of Europe-Africa on Thursday. Marshall's second homer of the...

TORONTO — "Get Right Witcha" by Migos was blasting in the Blue Jays clubhouse, with team attendants and players quickly packing up after a 10-game homestand so they could catch a flight to Chicago for a matinee game against the World...

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps wanted to bring Aly Ghazal to Major League Soccer over the winter before he eventually settled on a move to China. When the midfielder's stay in Asia lasted just six months, both the club and player were...

DUBLIN — Canada will not have a chance at a medal at the women's rugby World Cup after losing 48-5 to New Zealand on Thursday in its final Pool A game. Only the three pool winners and the top second-place team...

ESPN has announced a yearlong project on the history of college football, starting in January 2019, as part of the 150th anniversary of the sport. In a news release Thursday, ESPN says it will use all platforms to tell the...

VANCOUVER — Wally Buono walked into the locker-room moments before kickoff at Mosaic Stadium and could immediately tell his team wasn't prepared to play. The head coach and general manager of the B.C. Lions told his players as much —...

MONTREAL — Rising Canadian tennis star Denis Shapovalov knows not every week will replicate the magic of his Rogers Cup semifinal run. The 18-year-old shot from 143rd to 67th in the ATP singles rankings following last week's tournament, but said he still...

OTTAWA — Despite their agonizing first third of the 2017 season, the Ottawa Redblacks can put themselves in playoff contention in the CFL East with a win at winless Hamilton on Friday. But with a desperate 0-7 Tiger-Cats team providing the...

Ken Evraire will donate his brain to science but the former CFL receiver is fearful about what doctors might find. "They could say, 'We examined his brain and found nothing," the 52-year-old Toronto native said with a chuckle. "Many coaches would then say,...

CHICAGO — Derek Jeter won five World Series during a 20-year run with the New York Yankees. He piled up 3,465 hits and made the All-Star team 14 times while becoming one of baseball's biggest stars. Will that success continue...

NEW YORK — Turner Sports is the latest TV company to announce a sports streaming service as traditional television companies chase millennial audiences. The service, expected next year in the U.S., has signed up European soccer with the UEFA Champions...

TORONTO — Dominic Leone rejoined the Blue Jays on Wednesday after spending three days on the bereavement list. When he got into the game, it was like he hadn't missed a beat. Leone recorded two crucial outs in the seventh inning to...

MONTREAL — If Ignacio Piatti is playing his final games in a Montreal Impact uniform, he's definitely going out in style. Piatti scored twice as the Impact cruised past the visiting Chicago Fire 3-0 on Wednesday for their first three-game...

VANCOUVER — A former Canadian Football League star receiver who says he sustained "permanent and disabling" repetitive head trauma as a player has asked the Supreme Court of Canada to allow his lawsuit against the league to proceed. Arland Bruce III says...

WINNIPEG — Andrew Harris wants to make his offensive linemen happy. The Blue Bombers running back is coming off his first 100-yard rushing game this season as the team prepares to host the injury-riddled 7-0 Edmonton Eskimos on Thursday. "The...

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays activated catcher Miguel Montero from the disabled list and took right-handed relief pitcher Dominic Leone off the bereavement list on Wednesday. Montero had been out since Aug. 4 with right knee inflammation. His return provides Toronto...

MADRID — Cristiano Ronaldo has bitterly criticized his five-game suspension for pushing a referee who had sent him off, describing the ban as "persecution." Ronaldo wrote on his Instagram account on Wednesday that "it is impossible to remain silent in...

EDMONTON — The two biggest cornerstones of the emerging Edmonton Oilers franchise are now locked up for the long haul. Six weeks after extending Connor McDavid for eight years and US$100 million, the Oilers signed 21-year-old Leon Draisaitl to an eight-year contract of...

The Edmonton Eskimos and Winnipeg Blue Bombers have made a habit of winning close games this season. The unbeaten Eskimos (7-0) have won four games by four points or less and another by just five points. Winnipeg (5-2) is 3-1...

After two hectic years, Ellie Black needed a break. The Canadian gymnast's standout performance at the 2015 Pan Am Games, not to mention an impressive showing at the Rio Olympics last summer, had vaulted her into the national spotlight. But feeling the wear...

Hayley Wickenheiser's reasons for helping develop video game technology to treat concussions are close to her heart. The four-time Olympic gold medallist in women's hockey remembers the dizziness and nausea she felt after taking a hit in a Swedish men's pro league in 2008....

When Caroline Park received a Facebook message in 2013 asking her if she would be interested in playing women's hockey for South Korea at the Olympics, she thought it was fake. Four years later, the forward from Brampton, Ont., is months away from...

TORONTO — The Tampa Bay Rays have had all kinds of success against Marco Estrada this season. After another loss against them Tuesday night, the Blue Jays right-hander was left searching for answers once again. Estrada allowed two homers among 10 hits...

AUSTIN, Texas — The first woman to sue Baylor University over allegations the nation's largest Baptist school ignored or mishandled rape allegations has settled her case, her attorney said Tuesday. Jasmin Hernandez sued Baylor in early 2016, two months before...

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays announced on Tuesday that the club has signed veteran pitcher Brett Anderson to a minor-league contract. The 29-year-old lefty started just six games this season with the Chicago Cubs because of injuries before being released...

CALGARY — Resourceful and demanding, with a big heart under a tough exterior, Richard Boruta touched the lives of many Canadian biathletes. The former national team coach died in a climbing accident near Canmore, Alta., on Aug. 9 at the...

Toronto Blue Jays manager John Gibbons responded to reports that right-hander Marco Estrada had been claimed off revocable waivers Tuesday by saying "nothing's going to happen." Reports said Estrada had been claimed by an unknown team. A player on revocable...

Vancouver Whitecaps head coach Carl Robinson's facial expression suggested he knew immediately Matias Laba's injury was serious. Robinson's post-match comments did nothing to the dispel any worry, and the club's fears were confirmed publicly with the announcement Laba will miss somewhere in the...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Tiger Woods had the active ingredient for marijuana, two painkillers and two sleep drugs in his system when he was arrested on a DUI charge earlier this year, a report released Tuesday by prosecutors said. Police...

TORONTO — Trainer John Ross will let Cool Catomine decide Wednesday whether he'll run in the $400,000 Breeders' Stakes. The Prince of Wales winner is scheduled to train on Woodbine Racetrack's E.P. Taylor turf course in the morning. And how Cool Catomine handles the grass will essentially...

A preliminary list of 44 potential host cities, including seven in Canada, have been released by the joint North American bid for the 2026 World Cup. The United Bid Committee of Canada, Mexico and the United States released a list...

TORONTO — Saskatchewan defensive back Ed Gainey and quarterback Kevin Glenn and Edmonton quarterback Mike Reilly are the CFL's top performers for Week 8 Gainey’s four interceptions led the way in the Roughriders' 41-8 win over the visiting B.C. Lions on...

NEW YORK — Toronto FC defender Justin Morrow has been voted Major League Soccer's player of the week. Morrow's first two-goal game in the league led Toronto to a 4-1 victory over the Portland Timbers on Saturday at BMO Field....

CINCINNATI — Milos Raonic has withdrawn from the Western & Southern tennis tournament with a left wrist injury, leaving the Masters 1000 event with only three of the top-10 players on the ATP Tour. "My wrist injury has not healed,"...

MONTREAL — Coach Mauro Biello feels the Montreal Impact are hitting their stride at just the right time. The Impact are looking for their first three-game win streak of the season as they host the Chicago Fire at Saputo Stadium...

REGINA — The Saskatchewan Roughriders acquired American quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. and a 2018 fifth-round pick from the Montreal Alouettes for Canadian defensive back Tevaughn Campbell and 2018-19 third-round selections. The five-foot-11, 200-pound Adams served as the backup to Montreal...

CALGARY — Canada's elite athletes are smoking, eating and investing in marijuana. Is a toke before stepping to the start line far off? The Canadian government intends to legalize recreational cannabis by July 1, 2018. It's already legal for personal, recreational use in a handful...